Andrew Hill’s Black Fire is both the pianist and composer’s debut and an
acknowledged masterpiece of modern post-bop jazz. Featuring a sublime quartet
with Joe Henderson on tenor saxophone, Richard Davis on bass, and Roy Haynes on
drums, the music still sounds as fresh today as it did the day it was recorded
in November 1963, the start of an astounding creative streak that also produced
Hill’s great albums Smokestack, Judgment!, and Point of Departure during a
period of just 4 months.

Tone Poet Audiophile Vinyl Reissue Series: "Tone Poet" Joe Harley—co-founder and
co-producer of the acclaimed Music Matters audiophile vinyl series—is the
producer of this new series of all-analog,
mastered-from-the-original-master-tape 180g audiophile vinyl reissues in deluxe
gatefold packaging. Mastering was done by Kevin Gray (Cohearent Audio) and vinyl
was manufactured at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI). The titles were
handpicked by Harley and cover lesser-known Blue Note classics, modern era
standouts, and albums from other labels under the Blue Note catalog.

Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every
conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP
mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180 gm
audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Blue
Note/Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that
you will never find a superior version. This is IT.

The so-called Tone Poet (Joe Harley) is confident that his audiophile reissues
will allow 21st-century listeners to hear what the musicians heard as the master
tape was played back on the studio monitors in Rudy Van Gelder’s studio 50 or 60
years ago. He believes that, in terms of quality, Blue Note albums have never
sounded or looked better. "Every aspect of these Blue Note releases is done to
the highest possible standard," he says. "It means that you will never find a
superior version."